If I am understanding your question correctly, there are tricks to make it easier. For example, when multiplying by 9, one digit goes up and the other goes down. No need for mnemonic images -- just remember the pattern: 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, 72, 81, 90...

There are mental calculation tricks that would avoid a lot of the memorization. For example, if you multiply any 2-digit number by 11, just add the digits and put the result in the middle:

For 11 * 10, add 1 + 0 and put the answer in the middle: 110.

11 * 11 = 1(2)1
11 * 12 = 1(3)2
11 * 25 = 2(7)5

If the two digits add up to more than 10, just carry the 10:
11 * 58 = 638 because 5 + 8 = 13.
11 * 97 = 1067 because 9 + 7 = 16.

That's probably easier to learn than memorizing all the answers between 11 * 10 and 11 * 20. There are many tricks for other numbers too...

I know about mental math, and my next step will be working hard with the book "secrets of mental math" which after reviewing the current literature, seems to be the best option(anyone with different few - let me know).

Sadly I have a gap from school and I don't remember the basic time tables by heart(embarrassing I know). A lot of the more complex mental math require knowing this by heart.

Therefore, any mnemonic which will help with memorizing the time tables up to 9x9 will be great. I'm sure someone has came up with mnemonic version of it. I hope to avoid memorizing it by root which will take some time...

Therefore, any mnemonic which will help with memorizing the time tables up to 9x9 will be great. I'm sure someone has came up with mnemonic version of it. I hope to avoid memorizing it by root which will take some time...

Brainstorming some ideas:

If you have a smartphone, look for a mental calculation app. One of the apps I have runs you through multiplying single digits near the beginning, which you have to pass to get to the next level. 15 minutes of that per day for a week would probably do the trick.

Some of them I learned by chanting them when I was a kid. Until recently, when I started trying to make the answer come instantly, when I would multiply 6 * 8, I would say "six times eight is forty eight", because it rhymes.

I know that I must have chanted a lot of them, because it easier to go in one order. If I say "eight times six" instead of "six times eight" I have to stop and think for an extra second, because my brain doesn't have as quick of a path from that to the answer.

You could try learning them by going through the rows -- don't read them from a table, but do the addition:

Example: for sevens:
7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63

Then maybe chant them with a rhythm:
"two times seven is fourteen"
"three times seven is twenty one"
"four times seven is twenty eight"
etc.

I haven't been in your position in relation to times tables but using wrote to memorise the first 9 times tables wouldn't take long I would imagine, especially if you performed this task before sleep, on the toilet, in the shower etc.

2 2s are 4
2 3s are 6
2 4s are 8
2 5s are 10

That's how I learnt them anyway. A few weeks, probably even a few days and you could become quite well known with them. Even find combinations that you like. 8 x 8 = 64 was always my favourite etc. Good luck mate

Yes I already do have the images of 00-99 in my mind.
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Therefore, any mnemonic which will help with memorizing the time tables up to 9x9 will be great. I'm sure someone has came up with mnemonic version of it. I hope to avoid memorizing it by root which will take some time...

Create an Anki deck with all the tables you want to learn in image form.

Old post, but in case this is still relevant to anyone. There is an iOS app that teaches multiplication tables (0-12) for kids using the major memory system, so you end up learning both. It uses cartoons to teach them. Funtimes Tables! Fun Times Table

The major memory system is covered first, then cartoons that put it together.

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